British Airways Logo — British Airways plc ( BA ) is the carrier of flag of the UK based in Waterside , near its main base of operations located in London Heathrow airport . British Airways has a second home base in London Gatwick Airport and the third main point of operations is served through its subsidiary, BA CityFlyer , located in the City Airport in London . British Airways is the largest airline based in the UK in terms of fleet size, international flights and international destinations are concerned. BA British passengers whose airport reference is to connect London with flights via London after British Airways transatlantic flights deleted all British airports, except for London after the sale of BA Connect regional airline to British Flybe in 2007.
The board of British Airways was established in 1971 to manage the operations of the two airlines nationalized, BOAC and BEA , and two smaller regional airlines, Cambrian Airways in Cardiff and Northeast Airlines of Newcastle upon Tyne . On March 31, 1974 the four companies were dissolved to form British Airways (BA). After more than thirteen years as a nationalized company, British Airways was privatized in February 1987 as part of the privatization plan launched by the Conservative government of the time. The airline quickly expanded its borders with the acquisition of British Caledonian (BCAL) in 1987 and the Gatwick-based carrier Dan-Air in 1992. More